Sakae Drums are proud to announce their latest endorsee in the UK

Wednesday, September 18th, 2013

Richard Jupp has been the drummer with Elbow for over 20 years. He is a co-writer of all 5 of their albums, 3 times Mercury and Brit nominated, their most famous work, ’The Seldom Seen Kid’ (2008), won them 12 international awards including a Brit, a Mercury Prize and 2 Ivor Novello awards.

In 2012 elbow wrote the official BBC Olympic theme, ‘First Steps’ and performed at the Olympic Closing Ceremony. They have sold over 2 million records worldwide and are currently recording their 6th studio album.

Richard’s individual style comes from being entirely self-taught which gives him the flexibility and freedom to experiment with kit sounds. Richard says, ‘Moving to Sakae was a logical choice!’

Richard’s Sakae kit:

Sakae Trilogy drums (Mint Oyster finish)

12×8 rack tom

14×13 floor

16×15 floor

24×16 virgin kick

14×6.5 Trilogy snare drum

13×7 Bubinga snare drum (rainforest finish)

Sakae Drums are being launched in the UK at the London Drum Show on 12th October. Sakae Drums are exclusively distributed in the UK by Soar Valley Music Ltd.